Modeling oil spill trajectory in coastal waters based on fractional Brownian motion

This paper proposes a numerical method to simulate oil spill trajectories, which are affected by the combination of advection, turbulent diffusion and mechanical spreading process, based on a particle tracking algorithm. Recent studies have shown that the trajectories of drifters on the ocean surfac...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 2009-09, Vol.58 (9), p.1339-1346
Main Authors: Guo, W.J., Wang, Y.X., Xie, M.X., Cui, Y.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Exact sciences and technology
Fractional Brownian motion
Kinetics
Marine
Models, Chemical
Natural water pollution
Non-Fickian diffusion
Oil spill
Particle tracking
Petroleum - analysis
Pollution
Pollution, environment geology
Seawater - chemistry
Seawaters, estuaries
Spill trajectory
Water Movements
Water treatment and pollution
Wind
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Summary:This paper proposes a numerical method to simulate oil spill trajectories, which are affected by the combination of advection, turbulent diffusion and mechanical spreading process, based on a particle tracking algorithm. Recent studies have shown that the trajectories of drifters on the ocean surface have a fractal structure that is far from being described using ordinary Brownian motion. Thus, in modeling the diffusion process, a discrete method has been employed for the generation of fractional Brownian motion (fBm) to illustrate superdiffusive transport. The algorithm is implemented to predict oil slick trajectories following the “Arteaga” oil spill accident that occurred near the Dalian coastal region in 2005. When compared with the observed data and the results of traditional diffusion modeling, the numerical results based on the fBm model are encouraging.
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.04.026